Now you have your pet at home, here’s how much you need to feed. Happily puppies and kittens take to raw food very easily. Even if you bring a new pet home at 12 weeks and it’s been fed another diet, it quickly can be transitioned to raw food.
You know your pet better than anyone. It is important to keep a close eye on their body condition during this period as you may need to adjust the amount and feeding schedule based on their particular requirements.
PUPPY FEEDING GUIDE
The main guidance you need to follow is quantity and frequency. Start at the higher amount, reducing if puppy is putting on too much weight. As time passess the percentage changes should be made gradually over 4 days and not in one serving.
Puppy Age | How much to feed |
2-4 months | 10-8% of their body weight |
4-6 months | 8-6% of their body weight |
6-8 months | 6-4% of their body weight |
8-12 months | 4-3% of their body weight |
12 months plus | 2-3% of their body weight |
KITTEN FEEDING GUIDE
The main guidance you need to follow is quantity and frequency:
Kittens need to be fed around 10-14% of their body weight initially, reducing as they get older to around 4-8%
Feed kittens often, every 4-6 hours initially working down to 2 meals a day by the time they reach 12 months
Kitten age | Weight | g per day |
2-4 months | 1 kg | 110 (4 meatballs) |
2-4 months | 2 kg | 180g (6 meatballs) |
2-4 months | 3 kg | 250g (8 meatballs) |
4-12 months | 1 kg | 80 (3 meatballs) |
4-12 months | 2kg | 130g (4 meatballs) |
4-12 months | 3kg | 180g (6 meatballs) |
4-12 months | 4kg | 220g (7 meatballs) |
4-12 months | 5kg | 260g (9 meatballs) |